Mercedes boss Toto Wolff was fast to poke enjoyable at Andrea Kimi Antonelli over radio on the cool-down lap of the Components 1 Singapore Grand Prix.
Antonelli completed third on the Marina Bay Circuit after an earthly race, wherein he capitalised on an on-track battle between Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton.
Working fifth, the Italian overtook each the McLaren and the Ferrari as pair jostled for place, and duly held onto the rostrum place on the chequered flag.
The consequence offers Antonelli the possibility to seal the Drivers’ World Championship on the subsequent race in Austin, Texas, in two weeks’ time.
However Antonelli pushed his luck in the course of the race, as he was prone to invoking a compulsory time penalty for 4 separate monitor limits violations in the course of the 62-lap race.
Mercifully, the Silver Arrows satisfied the stewards to excuse considered one of his misdemeanours, enabling him to keep away from the penalty.
On the cool-down lap, Antonelli was congratulated by race engineer Peter Bonnington for managing his race amid complaints of a braking subject.
Returning the thanks for the staff’s exhausting work over the weekend, Bonnington replied: “Yeah. Thanks, mate. A few niggles on this race that we have to iron out. Yeah. That brake subject not totally understood, however I believe that lockup was brought on by the sensor subject that we had on the grid.”
“Yeah, the pedal went so lengthy. It was like I had no brake,” Antonelli replied.
After an additional instruction from Bonnington, Wolff couldn’t assist however make a cheeky dig at his title-leading driver.
“Kimi, nicely pushed. Effectively finished. Perhaps we have to have slightly cushion underneath your arse to have you ever sit larger with the monitor limits, but it surely was excellent!” he stated.
Not taking the scenario too critically, Antonelli replied: “Yeah, we have to contemplate that!”
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